This is our second year of homeschooling and here is our new curriculum:
Bible: Karen Henley's Day by Day Bible and Devotion
Math: Saxon Math 2
Reading: A-Z Reading Level J-Q (Includes reading stradegies & comprehension quizes)
Grammer: Evan Moor Grammar and Punctuation Grade 2
Evan Moor Daily Language Review Grade 2
Writing: Draw Write Now
Geography: Evan Moor Daily Geography
Evan Moor Landforms
History: Story of the World Vol. 2 by Susan Bauer Wise
+ United States Government and Laws.
Science: Various Earth and Physical Science Topics
Art: How to Teach Art to Children Age K-6
Music: Beginning Recorder
Reading List:
As many Magic Tree House Mysteries and Biographies that Ben can read for silent reading time, plus this list:
A Child’s Garden of Verse, by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
Socks, by Beverly Cleary
Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, by Roger Lancelyn Green
The Wind in the Willows, b Kenneth Grahame
Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting
The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling
Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
The 101 Dalmations, by Dodie Smith
Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning
Fifty Famous People, by James Baldwin
Five Children and It, by Edith Nesbit
The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, by Nancy McArthur
Moominland Midwinter, by Tove Jeansson
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery, by Deborah Howe
Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, by Betty MacDonald
The Borrowers, by Mary Norton
Misty of Chinoteague, by Marguerite Henry
Ginger Pye, by Eleanor Estes
The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling
Nurse Matilda, by Christianna Brand
The Mouse and the Motorcycle, by Beverly Cleary
Tales from Far and Near, by Arthur Guy
The Elephant’s Child, by Rudyard Kipling
The Magic of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
The Story of the Greeks, by H. A. Guerber
A Child’s Geography of the World, by V. M. Hillyer
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Homeschooling Week 35
Butterflies May 10
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I'm so behind on this, but I'm uploading the pictures and samples of Ben's work to finish the year.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Homeschooling Week 34
Ben's Pass
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We've been sick and this week took us two weeks to finish.
Homeschooling Week 32
Friday, April 9, 2010
Homeschooling Week 31
Ants April 7 a.m.
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We began a science journal this week. Now Ben is excited about writing! We got caterpillars on Monday. Worms and ants on Wednesday. We are watching how our elm tree's leaves are blooming. Life cycles are our main focas though we are reviewing habitats, what living things need to flurish, etc.
Homeschooling Week 30
000
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We spent three days in Branson, MO for Ben's birthday. Ben chose to see the Butterfly Palace, the Dinosaur Museum, the Table Rock Lake Fish Hatchery, and the Show Boat. I was surprised. I thought he would chose the tiger magic show, Noah, and the Dixie Stampede. You never know about Ben.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Homeschooling Week 29
Map Study 1
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We've finished our first Evan-Moor Geography book and have a good grasp of the seven continents and four oceans. Ben is very quick with learning new map skills and I'm re-learning some as well. We are moving forward at a steady pace with Spelling and Explode the Code Book 3. We are finishing up Level F in the Reading A-Z program and I really am grateful for Reading A-Z. It is a complete program with leveled readers, phonics, grammer, and reading comprehension all built into each lesson. Saxon math is very easy for Ben in some areas, but in the areas that he is weak Saxon is a God send for us. I'm really happy with our materials and feel more confident in my abilities now. Second grade is off to a great beginning!
Homeschooling Week 28
First Day of Spring
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We celebrated and studied about Saint Patrick this week. It was slow and sluggish getting down to work this week. Not enough break, but we are planning to be out of town the last week of March, so we march on!
Homeschooling Week 27
Bradley in Iraq 2
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My oldest son came home for a two week leave from Iraq so we are on Spring Break. We did talk about force and motion and radio frequency since we got some new toys. Bradley also talked about his Army job in Iraq and we did an overview of Iraq on the globe and talked about the war.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Homeschooling Week 26
animal classification
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We are using Time 4 Learning more now. This week we read "Happy Birthday, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle" and several Dr. Suess books all week. We learned about patterns and animal classification. We finished "Story of the World Vol. 1" and began doing some general map work that focases on the 7 continents.
Homeschooling Week 25
spelling
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Sometimes to be fun is not to be very polite. We earned our certificate and a copy of "Swiss Family Robinson" for reading three chapter books since January 18th from the Library. We read about Mrs. Piggle Wiggle and her cures for bad manners and bad habits. Ben really enjoyed it.
Homeschooling Week 24
a boy's adventure
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Great week. We read Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and did a drawing book called "A Boy's Adventure" that fit right in with Tom Sawyer. We are doing great with the new spelling book too! All 100% on his spelling tests. Spectrum Spelling Grade 2 with Mercer Mayer's Little Critter. Ben is able to write longer as we progress and I'm so glad because that was a worry for me. We move more and more writing to him rather than dictating it to me as we progress in spelling and Explode the Code Book 3. He does a lot of his own writing, but not all yet, with the worksheets from A to Z Leveled Reading. We have just begun level G which is still first grade, but everyting else he is doing is second grade level now.
Homeschooling Week 23
Valentine shark crab fish
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Fun week. Ben made a shark valentine box that eats assorted heart fish plus a valentine balloon crab! He had a secret admirer that we never did figure out. I guess we need to work on our detective skills some more. We read "How to Eat Fried Worms" and really enjoyed making different worm dishes in the back of the book. We are now using Saxon second grade math and Ben is doing well with it. Our transition from Little Lincolns to on my own has been easy. I'm not taking advantage of the Time 4 Learning online learning as much as I should. We need to work on that.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Homeschooling Week 22
Tornado
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We studied weather this week. I'm finding that we do better to do one week heavy with science or social studies. Tornados in a bottle, measuring wind, etc. We made a cloud poster out of cotton balls and will use it now in our daily weather to predict the weather. I could not get Ben to watch the weather stations. No interest. We kept a weather journal and he predicted the next day's weather by what today was and what he hoped for the next day, such as snow. We are ready for new math materials. Ben needs more practice with flash cards and memorizing skip counting and facts. He does very well once he understands a concept and we've covered all of the first grade concepts. I ordered the new Saxon Homeschooling Kit for second grade. It is suppose to be parent friendly now. More photos.
Homeschooling Week 21
Making fossils
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This week was my turn to have the flu. We studied dinosaurs this week. We made dinosaur fossils and learned what it takes for a fossil to form. We made a paper mache dinosaur egg. Ben made a nest for it and sat on it until it "hatched." Ben really enjoyed reading books about dinosaurs himself. Even my birthday cake ended up a test on how well he has retained an understanding of fractions up to eighths. More photos.
Homeschooling Week 20
100 Chart
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We reached the one hundredth day of school this week. Ben was so sick with the flu, but we did a little paper work each day, I read to him, and he watched some educational TV programs. Our morning math rituals will have to change now. More photos.
Homeschooling Week 19
Chinese Calligraphy
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We studied Ancient China, watched a DVD showing the statues of an ancient Chinese army buried with their leader, visited a Chinese Garden in one of our A to Z books, and practiced Chinese calligraphy using free hand for the name Ben at the top and used a stencil for the sign for Luck on the lower part of the page. We studied greater than and less than. It was a good week. More photos.
Homeschooling Week 18
A or An
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We finished with MO VIP and began our new studies this week. The core of our new curriculum is Reading A to Z leveled readers. The readers cover the social studies and science areas that we need to cover. I just add a bit here and there. I'm using The Story of the World for history and map work. Explode the Code for phonics and spelling. Writing Made Easy plus the worksheets from A to Z cover grammer and writing. Math U See Beta plus Kumon Workbooks on Time and on Money. I've added a book on Rhythm Instraments and some art projects. Here we go. More pictures and scans
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Homeschooling Week 17
Moon Phases
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Short week between Christmas and New Years Day. The Governor of MO cut the funding of MOVIP effective 1-11-10. So I'm trying to put together the remainder of the year for Ben. A time consuming task at such late notice.
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Homeschooling Week 16
Orange slice decorations
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Christmas week was busy. Seeing the Living Nativity at church was a big thing. Ben and Ryan made orange slice decorations for the tree. Ben and Drew decorated the tree. Ben made Lego ornaments for the tree. Becky, Matt, Rick, and Ben went to Lake City Park to sled ride on suicide hill. And we even got some school work done too!
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